Posts tagged "macklemore"

Macklemore made a guest appearance "Sesame Street" and brought his own kid-friendly version of "Thrift Shop" with him. In a duet with "Oscar the Grouch" and with backup from fellow Grouches, Macklemore muses about the finer points of looking for bargains ...i n the trash. I guess that's an important lesson for today's youth? I…

A Baby Macklemore is on the way! The rapper -- real name Ben Haggerty -- and his fiancee, Trisha Davis, posted the above YouTube video announcing that they're expecting a baby in May 2015. First of all, I love it when people get famous and don't ditch their non-famous significant others once the red carpet…

Macklemore gave a great interview with NYC's Hot 97 in which he discusses white cultural appropriation of hip-hop and what white people can do to support the Black Lives Matter movement. (I don't think he explained that pencil thin 'stache though.) [Hot 97] Giada DeLaurentiis has split from her husband of 11 years.

Last Friday, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed a surprise music concert at the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle. Awesome, right? Only, because it was a surprise, Macklemore wanted to go a bit incognito and donned a costume. But the costume was anything but awesome. To me, and many others, the costume looked like a…

A surprise performance by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis would get me excited, sure. And that's probably what a lot of audience members were feeling at the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle (where Macklemore's coat from the "Thrift Shop" video hangs in the collection). But folks all over — including Seth Rogen —…

I was traveling last night, so I missed most of the Grammys. I tuned in for about four minutes, in which I caught 34 couples getting married by Queen Latifah. It was like one of those strange, "Wizard of Oz"-type dreams that would be…

Village Voice: How do you feel about the critiques from the LGBTQ community about Macklemore being the figure delivering this message? You mean, someone that's a straight white male speaking on behalf of the entire gay community? [Laughs]. I've definitely heard that, and I understand where people are coming from. I think it's also important to acknowledge…

A clever guy by the name of Andrew Hales thought he would get Halloween off to a head start and show up to a Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert dressed like Macklemore himself. The lanky blond arrived at the Maverick Center in Utah before the concert began, decked out in a…

If you really want your Macklemore costume to be authentic, you would purchase all of the elements from your local thrift shop. All you need is a faux fur coat, either a pro-gay marriage T-shirt (a reference to his song "Same Love") or a sports Jersey (the Bulls or Sonics or Celtics), gold chains, high…

Macklemore's "Same Love" is a great song from a straight guy about accepting people regardless of their sexual orientation. But I love hearing rapper Angel Haze -- who describes herself as pansexual -- freestyle on the track about her own experience coming to terms with her sexuality. Check it out below!

Awkward. Macklemore called up a woman who was scalping tickets to one of his shows on Craigslist and gabbed to her for about five minutes in a (terrible) fake British-y accent. As far as prank calls go, it's more uncomfortable than funny — he sounds like a lonely weirdo. But it's kind of amazing when he…

Cat-holding! You're doing it wrong. Let Macklemore show you how to properly wrangle and pet a cat -- especially one who displays a shocking level of indifference/hatred regarding your very existence. It can be done, and Macklemore can help you do it, but you've got to be careful. Other suggested future Macklemore how-to videos include "How…

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won big at Sunday night's VMAs, taking home two moon men, one for the song "Same Love," which features a stirring vocal hook from singer Mary Lambert. After winning the award, Lambert took to the stage with Macklemore and surprise guest Jennifer Hudson to sing the track and pretty much brought…

The rapper Macklemore (AKA Ben Haggerty) has always seemed to me like one of the most genuinely good people in the entertainment business. Today, I have little doubt about it. This week, he privately visited a college junior named Sam, who is suffering from leukemia, in the hospital. One of…

Gwyneth Paltrow generally leaves a bad taste in my mouth -- a taste eerily reminiscent of wilted kale -- but I am capable of appreciating aspects of her personality that are actually kind of endearing. Like the solid effort she put into the embarrassing task of imitating famous rappers like Jay-Z, Kanye West and Macklemore,…

The many faces of post-mugshot Reese Witherspoon. Eye-rollin'. [NYMag.com] Here's a throwback activity I could get into -- how to throw an adult sleepover! [Tres Sugar] Zach Braff is using Kickstarter to fund a sequel to "Garden State," which NO. [Celebuzz] The hidden value of cheesy…

Last week, Samantha Malson was arrested for pushing and chocking her boyfriend Lars Hansen after a drunk Hansen refused to stop singing the song "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore. Sure, "Thrift Shop" is a great song, but hearing anything over and over again is going to be annoying. Poor Lars is hardly the only person to…

Here's Broken Brass Ensemble playing a (mostly) instrumental version of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop." Nothing will cheer you up on a long Friday afternoon stuck at the office like some band geeks rocking out! [HyperVocal]…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…